Wed.Feb 05, 2025

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Procter & Gamble’s Menopause Test Kit Is A ‘Fraud,’ Lawsuit Claims

Forbes Healthcare

A urine stick test isnt the best way to determine a womans menopausal status.

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ACP urges cost-effective migraine prevention over expensive new medications

Medical Economics

New ACP guideline prioritizes affordable, patient-preferred migraine treatments over expensive CGRP therapies.

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New Vaccine Shows Promise For Kidney Cancer

Forbes Healthcare

A new vaccine for kidney cancer shows excellent preliminary results. All patients on the trial had no evidence of cancer three years after the pioneering treatment.

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Express Scripts, Kroger reach new pharmacy network agreement

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The two have mended fences after a nasty contract dispute in 2022 caused Kroger pharmacies to go out of network with Express Scripts’ members.

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Top Healthcare Certifications You Can Earn Online in 2025

We Care Online

Want to kickstart or advance your career in healthcare? Online certifications are a great way to get new skills in place, fulfill state requirements,and achieve professional goals all from home. Online learning provides some amazing opportunities to help you enter or further develop your career with the healthcare field in 2025with the convenience and flexibility to be able to pursue your ambitions.

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DOGE turns focus to CMS spending, contracts, news report says

Medical Economics

WSJ: Department of Government Efficiency examines payment and contracting systems.

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Jonathan Bush, Zus Health

The Healthcare Blog

It’s always fun to chat with Jonathan Bush. You kids today may not remember that he was the first CEO to take a cloud-based (Health 2.0!) company public back in 2007! Athenahealth didn’t end up challenging Epic because a cosmically evil hedge fund took it (and him) down as it was on its way to try to do that, but Jonathan has moved on and is now building a clinical data integration company called Zus Health.

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Teladoc to acquire virtual care company Catapult Health for $65M

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The deal could help funnel eligible patients towards Teladoc’s other offerings, including chronic condition management programs — a key focus area for the telehealth vendor.

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32% less hospitalizations, $11 billion saved from value-based care

Medical Economics

Humanas 11th annual Value-Based Care Report highlights the impact of value-based care on patient outcomes and health care costs.

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3 ways scheduling automation is improving patient access and the bottom line

Physicians Practice

Prioritizing the patient experience is essential to lay the best foundation for patient acquisition and retention.

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Will biased AI ruin everything?

Medical Economics

Study highlights need for ethical AI amidst global price race

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5 Reasons Clinicians Love Doximity Dialer

Doximity

Doximity Dialer has revolutionized how clinicians connect with patients, offering tools that blend privacy, flexibility, and convenience. Were spotlighting five clinicians who have made Doximity Dialer an essential part of their practice. From saving time on administrative tasks to reducing no-shows, these stories highlight how the Dialers voice, video, and text features are making a difference for both clinicians and their patients. 1.

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How The National Basketball Players Association Is Prioritizing Athlete Health

Forbes Healthcare

The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) is stepping into the rapidly evolving world of digital health, biometric tracking, and preventative care through its.

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The ransomware threat: Health care is a prime target - what can a practice do to protect itself?

Medical Economics

Will health care continue to be a prime target in 2025? And what can a practice do to protect itself from these sophisticated cybercriminals?

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Culina Health: The Rise Of Telehealth Nutrition

Forbes Healthcare

Using telehealth, Culina Health provides affordable, personalized nutrition plans, created by dieticians.

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Time has come for CMS to pare down prior authorizations: AMGA

Medical Economics

Comments on 2026 rule include suggestions on behavioral health, AI and more.

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Calling patients at their home

Physicians Practice

Neil Baum, MD, gives some tips on negotiating in your practice

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Natural gas: A potentially timely energy investment

Medical Economics

For most investors, energy is a challenging stock investment to get their heads around.

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5 common billing challenges faced by medical practices and how to address them   

Health Prime

Medical billing is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of practice management in the dynamic healthcare landscape, where the primary focus is on providing quality patient care. Behind the scenes, medical billing professionals work tirelessly to ensure that healthcare providers receive fair compensation for their services while maintaining the practice’s financial health.

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Is your family medical practice destined to die without a digital estate plan? Here’s what you need to know

Medical Economics

A digital estate plan ensures your family medical practice transitions smoothly, preserving its legacy, operations, and patient care for future generations.

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The Telepathy Tapes – More FC Pseudoscience

Science Based Medicine

Documentaries can be powerful. They can use the mature art-form of cinema in order to convey a specific narrative. The viewer can get drawn into that narrative, unaware they are being exposed to a very one-sided or limited take on a complex topic. A recently, for example, participated in a fun review of the Earthing Movie which was basically propaganda for the […] The post The Telepathy Tapes More FC Pseudoscience first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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48% of U.S. adults overestimate the benefits of aspirin; connection between cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia tripled post-legalization; $17 million Medicare hospice fraud – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Why Younger Staff Need Critical Incident Debriefings

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Increasingly, acute care areas are now staffed with nurses with three years or less of clinical experience. Most new graduates today are young, and in addition to lacking clinical expertise, they also lack life experience. Consider the story of an urgent care director who recently discussed this […] The post Why Younger Staff Need Critical Incident Debriefings appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medical device group asks for exemption from tariffs

Medical Economics

AdvaMed points to supply chain risks if tariffs are applied to medical devices

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7 Steps for Accomplishing More: PMI Shorts Insights from PMI Shorts #9

Practice Management Institute

An Interview with David Womack, Jan Hailey, and Katie Lawrence David Womack sat down with long-time instructor and national conference speaker Dave Jakielo to break down some simple but powerful strategies for getting more done. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, but some people seem to accomplish far more than others. Whats their secret? If you ever feel like time is slipping through your fingers, these seven steps will help you take control, focus on what really matters, and supercharge y

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You read an article you disagree with on Sensible Medicine: What next?

Sensible Medicine

At Sensible Medicine, we are committed to publishing a range of views. On a number of topics we have done this. From masking, to colon cancer screening, to the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and beyond. We have had debates on this platform, which is something that we don't see on any other websites in medicine. During the course of this, a few things have come up, which we want to address.

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PMI Shorts #8 - Motivation: The Basics

Practice Management Institute

An Interview with David Womack, Jan Hailey, and Katie Lawrence Motivation is a powerful force that drives us to achieve, accomplish, and reach our goals. It impacts not only personal growth but also workplace performance and team dynamics. Whether its completing a project, hitting a deadline, or pursuing long-term career goals, motivation is often the deciding factor between success and stagnation.

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InnovationRx: Billionaire Trump Donor Elon Musk Wages War On USAID

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: A new non-opioid painkiller, the wave of lawsuits against Trump EOs, a key vote for RFK Jr., a big radiopharma deal and more.

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Preserving access, affordability are Americans’ top healthcare priorities: Gallup

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Democrats and Republicans both want to see federal lawmakers address critical public health concerns. However, they were split on which concerns were most important.

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Health Consumer Check-In: From Digital Detox to Analog Wellness, Social Re-Wilding, and a Return to the Bookstore

Health Populi

As humans have undergone personal digital transformations, living omni-channel and appreciating the conveniences that being switched-on can bring, there’s a growing demand for “analog wellness.” That’s one of ten trends covered in the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) report on 2025 Wellness Trends , and one I want to dig into early this year as consumers are facing growing challenges to our privacy, social bullying, and workforce stressors compelling many employees